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A baby was dropped off at a West Metro Fire station Tuesday morning by a couple who said they’d been given the infant at a store in Lakewood.
The middle-aged couple brought the baby, which was in good health, to West Metro’s Station 1 in Lakewood. West Metro firefighter/paramedics transported the baby to an area hospital for medical care.
The Colorado legislature passed a safe haven law in 2000 that allows for a parent to drop off an unharmed child to a hospital or fire station within 72 hours of being born.

The board of Littleton’s urban renewal authority is searching for two new members.

Jim Taylor, chairman of the board for Littleton Invests For Tomorrow and a former City Council member, announced his resignation at the end of the LIFT board’s Jan. 8 meeting. Board member Dale Flowers also announced his resignation Jan. 8, because he had moved outside Littleton about a year ago.

Jeffco said goodbye to four county officials last week in the final days of their terms, with a new wave of elected officials set to be sworn in Jan. 13.

Sheriff Ted Mink, Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson and Assessor Jim Everson all were term-limited and did not run in last November’s election. County Commissioner Faye Griffin will forgo her final two years on the commission to take over as the newly elected clerk and recorder. All four are Republicans.

The Jeffco Open Space Advisory Committee has recommended approval of a $1 million grant request from the Foothills Park and Recreation District for upgrades and improvements to 30-year-old Clement Park.

“That park is a key part of Jefferson County,” board member Felicity Hannay said at the Jan. 8 OSAC meeting.

Jeffco’s county commissioners have decided to halve the pay for a position that requires little work and that the county doesn’t really need.

No candidates ran for county surveyor in the November election, and the antiquated position is rarely called on to do actual work. But current state law requires the commissioners to appoint someone to the position within 90 days of it becoming vacant.

The death of an inmate at the Jefferson County jail last week has been ruled a suicide.

The inmate, 45-year-old Joseph Eugene Martinez, was found by his cellmate hanging in his cell last Thursday afternoon. Deputies immediately performed CPR, but Martinez was pronounced dead about 4 p.m., said sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer.

In March, Littleton voters will be presented with two choices on how, if at all, the city should restrict the use of urban-renewal tools.

One amendment to the city charter, proposed by a group of residents, would require approval from city voters to use tax sharing, eminent domain, condemnation, tax-increment financing, revenue sharing, or cost sharing.

A funeral is planned Monday afternoon for the Jeffco sheriff's sergeant killed by a car Jan. 3 while helping stranded motorists.

Sgt. Sean Renfro, a 15-year veteran of the department and a Conifer resident, was off duty when he pulled over at the accident scene on southbound U.S. 285 near Windy Point during a severe snowstorm. He is survived by his wife and four children.